Hannah reminds us that it’s International Haiku Poetry Day and asked for nature haiku to mark the occasion. These are unrelated impressions from this morning and are unfinished, but I’m sharing anyway for #17 of 30 in April. Haiku seems so simple, but I think it’s actually quite challenging to write GOOD haiku. I wouldn’t say these fit the bill, yet. :)

Also, looky looky! This was in our local paper yesterday. (I was shocked; I certainly did not send my photo to the paper with a press release!) My poetry group, Florence Poets Society, has a fun evening of spoken word planned tomorrow night at The Invisible Fountain (fantastic art space). If you are nearby, join us!

Nice news suprise, Mariam. Anoother one comes from reading these haiku together and finding that whisper of playfulness in a day that includes a fall. Around here the buds are in a rush to open. Too soon!

A nice set you wrote, Marian. My favorite lines were of the sunrise gift of incessant chatter. We get that announcement quite often. Your squirrel comes over to our back porch too. I got a couple of nice pictures him, one standing up...

How nice to have a lovely poetry group to share with. I like your "unrelated haiku" but I enjoyed them strung together. My favorite is the last one - as I have lately been eyeballing my squirrels and trying to out-fox them at the bird feeders :)

I really love each of these, Marian! The one about the tree resonated with me most because this morning's first coffee was spent beneath one that's ready to burst as well. :) Thank you so much for writing, Marian and I SO wish I were near you...I love that you're in a poetry group! ♥

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